| Wednesday, March 19, 2008 - 6:26am | Read More |
Somehow it seems fitting to me that in this Holy Week, when we ritually remember what is at the center of the Christian faith, we as a nation hear a speech from a presidential candidate that also reminds us of our essential humanity. It gives me hope.
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| Saturday, February 23, 2008 - 2:50pm | Read More |
As I've been thinking about sloth this week (check out this week's sermon to see how all this thinking turned out), and re-defining it in my own mind not so much as laziness but as apathy, it makes more and more sense to me. Even the busiest of us are sometimes apathetic about the things that matter most. Busy-ness is not the test; what's important is caring about the things that are significant. Here's a quote that really hit me, from The Enigma of Anger, by Garrett Keizer:
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| Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 11:15am | Read More |
I tend to be a pretty avid follower of politics all the time, but you don’t have to be one to be intrigued, and even excited, about the way this year’s presidential campaign is going. It does feel to me like something very important is at stake, about how engaged and hopeful and optimistic we will let ourselves be as we move toward the November election.
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| Thursday, September 13, 2007 - 11:39am | Read More |
Some thoughts I really like from James Autry, who has written a lovely book of essays called Looking Around for God:
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| Tuesday, August 28, 2007 - 6:18am | Read More |
I'm thinking this morning about prayer-about how much I dislike the artificial voice and wording that often comes with public prayers (even my own sometimes), and how hard it is not to shift into that voice when praying out loud. It's as if we think God couldn't understand us if we talked in the same language we speak to one another...the same way we shift our pattern (often demeaningly) when we talk to children. I think God would much rather engage with us in an everyday sort of way.
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| Saturday, August 18, 2007 - 7:07am | Read More |
I've been thinking about what an experience of God looks and feels like. So many of us wonder, I think, what people mean when they speak very confidently about having had one...
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| Tuesday, August 14, 2007 - 7:37am | Read More |
RE: Last week's entry and the comment that followed--
What do liberal/progressive Christians "stand for"? What are we willing to put on the right/wrong list, rather than the "let's not be judgemental" list? Or, more importantly, what would be on Jesus' list? Let's talk. --Kathi
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| Monday, August 6, 2007 - 3:48pm | Read More |
Maybe you’ve noticed that the Sacramento News & Review has begun a new, regular page called “Higher Ground”, which features interviews with three faith community leaders each week. The editors ask tough, real-life questions about ethical issues, and the religious “experts” offer opinions that the Review prints. I really appreciate this community service, and effort to make inside-the-church thinking and culture more accessible to the wider community.
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| Wednesday, August 1, 2007 - 9:41am | Read More | My last blog entry included a YouTube video of a most unlikely-looking young man who auditioned for Britain’s version of American Idol, and who has a stunningly beautiful voice. This morning I read the following interview in The Christian Century (July 10, 2007), that reminded me, again, that often our expectations of other peo |
| Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 9:02am | Read More |
I am just back from a renewing three weeks of vacation, and am energized and excited about many things, including being back in this very-alive feeling church. More to come, but in the meantime, check out this lovely and inspiring YouTube video!
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